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should either or both be unable to do so, to take down their 
evidence afresh. Medjord came, and I heard him examined by 
Wolley, who wrote the account I have from his (Medjord’s) dictation, 
but Joensen did not turn up, and Miiller furnished the account. It 
is very interesting to me to know that he is alive still. I have very 
little doubt that the island on which they landed was the real 
Geirfuglasker (the one which was submerged in or about 1830), 
but their accounts I know leave it open whether it might not have 
been the Geirfugladrangr. The affair happened so long ago that 
they had no very distinct idea of the relative positions of the two 
islands, and were not able to identify them on the chart; indeed it 
seemed doubtful whether either of them had ever before seen a 
chart of the place.” 
Herr Sysselmand Winther informed me that the bill of a gare- 
fowl was formerly in the possession of Ole Johannesen, of Dale, 
Sandoe, who died in 1845. This bill has been missing for more 
than thirty years. There is no tradition in Sandoe from whence, 
_ or about what date, this bill was originally procured. 
115. Graculus carbo, Linn. Cormorant. Native name, Hib- 
lingur.—Is resident in Feroe, and makes its nests on ledges of the 
cliffs, in very inaccessible places. I frequently noticed the old 
birds peering with outstretched necks from their nesting-places at 
the passing boat. They are shy and wary when in the water, and 
will not generally allow a boat within gun-shot, but on more than 
one occasion I could have shot examples had I been desirous of 
doing so. Svabo mentions that it has flying young ones by the 
end of June. 
116. Graculus cristatus, Linn. Shag. Native name, Skarvur. 
—Is far more abundant than the preceding species, and is likewise 
a permanent resident. Svabo mentions that it commences to 
breed in the end of March, and that in the second year it has 
whitish legs: he refers to a plague that sometimes breaks out 
amongst them; such a visitation occurred in 1772. Landt writes, 
“The young especially, when taken from the nest, are amongst the 
best of the Fzroe sea-fow] for the table. When properly prepared 
and roasted they taste nearly as well as roast hare.” I have myself 
been asked to shoot them for the table, and have eaten them in 
sausages: we found them very palatable in this form. 
117. Sula bassana, Linn. Gannet. Native name, Sula.—The 
breeding-places of the gannet in Fxroe are confined to the Holm 
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